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• “I submit to you today that the single most effective policy changes we can make to improve the health of Kentuckians are changes that will reduce our smoking rates and exposure to secondhand smoke.” • “Passing smoke-free laws and raising the tobacco

Aug 17, 2017
NKyTribune (Kentucky Center for Public Service Journalism)

Businesses looking to create healthier workplaces for their employees can learn how to implement tobacco-free policies at a workshop hosted by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky in Louisville Aug. 31. Smoking costs businesses an estimated $5,800 per

Aug 14, 2017
NKyTribune (Kentucky Center for Public Service Journalism)

the Paducah board of commissioners heard a presentation to amend the city's current smoking ban ordinance to include vaping devices. Dr. Shawn Jones of the Purchase Area Health District asked that the current smoking ordinance include the banning of e-ci

Dr. Shawn Jones presented an idea to the Paducah City Commission Tuesday night that would extend the city's no-smoking boundaries and include electronic cigarettes. In his proposal, smoking or vaping wouldn’t be allowed inside all indoor workplaces, park

Paducah board of commissioners heard a presentation to amend the city's current smoking ban ordinance to include vaping devices. Dr. Shawn Jones of the Purchase Area Health District asked that the current smoking ordinance include the banning of e-cigare

already resulted in substantial improvements in air quality and reductions in tobacco use by the residents of the city’s three public housing communities.... With a federal deadline now established, Covington’s smoke-free public housing initiative is curr

The ban prohibits lit tobacco products inside the living units, in indoor common areas, in administrative offices and within 25 feet of buildings. It's the ban on smoking within 25 feet from the buildings that Farra said he is most upset about. "You h

Henderson County Public Library’s entire campus, including outdoor areas, will become smoke–free on Aug. 1. ”While we have been smoke-free inside our building for many years, patrons have expressed concern about walking through smoke on their way into

Per capita, Kentucky ranks first in cigarette consumption of all 50 states and leads the nation in lung cancer deaths... Our tobacco farmers will not significantly suffer because nearly 70 percent of burley tobacco is shipped overseas where 20 percent of